There are already a WHOLE bunch of people who aren't eligible for overtime at any price. They're called exempt employees. All of the management people in my office are exempt. This means that if they have to work 80 hours to get the job done, they work 80 hours, and tough shit. If they get anything in return it's comp time, but that's something left up to individual employers. Not every company recognizes that practice.

I'm non-exempt. But it's also an extremely rare thing for me to work over 40 hours a week. Our work week is 37.5 hours - once in awhile if I work at a special event, I might work 41 or 42 hours in a week, but that's MAYBE once a year.

How one decides that a certain position is "exempt" or "non-exempt," I'm not exactly sure. Maybe someone can enlighten me on that.

Now, all that being said, of course people should be paid for the time they work, if that's the law. Does anyone have a link to the actual proposal?